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Judge declares mistrial in Roger Clemens case
A federal judge declared a mistrial in the perjury trial of ex-baseball all-star Roger Clemens on Thursday after jurors heard references to statements that the judge had ruled inadmissible except on rebuttal.
U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton said prosecutors should have modified a video that showed Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Maryland, during a 2008 congressional hearing talking about a deposition from the wife of former New York Yankees player Andy Pettitte.
Clemens is accused of perjury, obstruction of Congress and making false statements about his alleged use of steroids and human growth hormone. The former all-star pitcher testified under oath before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee in 2008 that he never used illegal performance-enhancing substances during his career.
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And we wonder why we have a $14 trillion deficit. Secretary Geithner goes before a Congressional and straight out lies under oath that he did not know how to do his taxes using the child-proof Turbo tax...and what does Congress do: They put him in charge of the IRS and the Treasury. That laughter in the background in the rest of the world.
It is time for term limits for Congress - 2 four year terms and you are out -and NO lifetime pension and healthcare benefits. That will rid us of the career beauracrats whose only interest is staying in office as long aspossible to take a free ride on the taxpayers.
Unfortunately for Roger, his conscience wont grant him a mistrial.
The debt ceiling. The Iraq and Afghan wars. The economy. Health care. Should we really be wasting time worrying about baseball players that are shrinking their pee-pee's by using steroids?
Couldn't have said it better Nick!
oops.!.....make that e x e r c i s e
You had to know this would be the outcome. Also these comments IMO seem to give Roger the okay that his lying is ok also. But when Barry did the same thing there was a huge outcry for throwing the bookkk at him. I wonder why some can get public backing and those who might look different are reviled. Call it privliged or it's okay for a guy who has overwhelming proof that he used roids, against a guy who has noone of substance who point a finger and say I know you did roids. Is this justice or just us against them.
Lied under oath... are you refering to congress men? or other elected officals.
Really..nobody cares about Roger Clemens anymore. Why the federal government is even involved in this in the first place is beyond anyone. Maybe we should start handling some real issues. Like the big bank CEOs getting 20 million dollar bonuses for driving the economy into the toilet
I'm not surprised that so few other comments are concerned about telling lies under oath. The truth seems to matter so little.
Yes! Why are we wasting money on a retired player. Shouldn't our tax dollars be spent on improving our nation? Like helping people get jobs? Or fixing the budget?
In a perfect world, all such lies would be actionable.
In the world as it is, the lies that matter are not always prosecuted so that we can concentrate on lies that don't matter over an "issue" that never was one, except in baseball circles. Twisted priorities, fiscal and more irresponsibility - that's what DOES matter to the many calling on the feds to drop this matter.
Who cares. Did'nt Bill CLinton commit perjury and nothing happened to him. What a waste of time and money. So what if he took steriods, it's his body let him do what he wants.
It is his body .... and he did do what he wanted .... the problem is he lied to congress ... if they don't go after him for it then everyone ( well more people than already do ) will just lie when called before them ... they have to make an example outta him .... they really don't care about the roids ... it's the lying to congress 😉
Clinton was impeached fool!
Baseball and steroids is serious political business, ramifications will be felt by the American people for ages, lock this man away before he destroys the nation more. What a sickening waste of time.
Why are we investigating Baseball & Steroids? Shouldn't Congress be taking care of the people and let Baseball take care of itself? That's why they were given Anti[-Trust exemption. This is a farce!
Hall of Shamer-*BIG ASTERISK*- ok let's move on to more pressing issues lol
Barry lied, ridiculed in public. Roger lied, let's push it under the rug. Yeah, I know, same ole s-, just a different day.
your justice system is a complete joke! where do these morons(prosecutors) go to law school, this it not kangaroo court here! this is the real deal, and in less than a week they let a murdurer get off killing her child, and now one of the most poular pitchers to ever play the game walk because of a technicality. And you wonder why the rest of the world is laughing at you. Good luck on August the 2nd, I'll be laughing.